Display-cover for containers of various types.



M. BLOCK.

DISPLAY COVER FOR CONTAINERS OF VARIOUS TYPES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, I914- Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

I provide a display the samples removed UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL BLOCK,

013 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DISPLAY-COVER FOR CONTAINERS OF VARIOUS TYPES.

Application filed June 18, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL BLOCK, a

citizen of the l nited States, residing in ioston, in the county of Suifolk and State of l\'lassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Display-Covers for Containers of Various Types, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to display covers for containers of various types and more particularly to display covers for cracker boXes and the like of the type shown and described in my earlier application, Serial No. 827,517 filed March 27, 1914.

The object of the invention broadly 15 to provide a display cover of the character described having a pocket or recess behind the glass or other transparent medium, with which these covers are provided for displaying crackers or other articles, forming the content of the box to which the cover is applied, in an attractive and permanent manner.

A further object of the invention is to cover wherein a pocket for containing samples of the goods is provided which may be readily detached and and replaced by other samples of the content of a second container, to which the cover may then be affixed, thus permitting the use of a single cover successively upon an indefinite number of cracker boxes or containers.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a display cover for containers of various types which may be cheaply constructed, which will be attractive in appearance and which will be easily and readily detachable.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof.

On the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a portion of a cracker box upon which a cover embodying my invention 18 secured showing the cover in raised positionpl ig. l is a sectionalwiew taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view similar to Fig. 2.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown it embodied in a box dis- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

Serial No. 845.757.

play cover l adapted to be used in connection with a cracker box or other appropriate rectangular receptacle 5, the cover being detachably secured in place by a hook plate 6 pivotally connected at 7 to the frame 8 of the cover; the plate and the means for 0011- necting it to the cover, however, forming no part of my invention.

In the present instance the cover comprises the body member or frame 8 having downwardly. extending flanges 9 adapted to engage over the open side of the box 5, a pane or sheet of glass 11 and a pocket 12, the pocket and the sheet of glass being detachably mounted in the frame so that the pocket is disposed behind the sheet of glass when the cover is closed. The pocket consists of a single sheet of suitable material having outwardly extending edge flanges 13 disposed parallel to and spaced from the body portion ll of the sheet and connected thereto by upright walls 15. The outer extremities of the edge flanges 13 are spaced apart a distance equal or nearly equal to the outer edges of the pane of glass 11 so that the glass and sheet may easily be secured in place by common fastening means which will now be described. Opposed recesses 16, 17 are provided within the frame and at opposite sides, being formed between the front wall 18 and a pair of inwardly extending beads or shoulders 19. One of the shoulders 19 is deeper than the other, making thereby one of the recesses (17 in the drawing) deeper than the other. In one of the recesses 16 or 17, preferably the latter, a leaf spring 21 is disposed which holds the glass and pocket in place when they have been positioned, as will be now de scribed. The width of the sheet of glass and the distance between the edge flanges 13 are less than the distance between the bases of the recesses 16 and 17 a sullicient amount to permit an edge flange of the pocket and an edge of the glass to be together inserted in the recesses 17, pressed downwardly to compress the spring 21 and moved over until the opposed edge flange and the opposed edge of the pane of glass are opposite the recess 16. Release of the pane of glass and of the pocket will, upon eX- pansion of the spring 21, move the pane of glass and pocket over into contact with the bottom of the recess 16, against which the spring 21 will hold them until it is desired to disconnect T'the parts. The pocket is adapted to contain goods carried by the box or other receptacle 5, as indicated at 22 in'Fig. 1. These goods are first, preferably, placed in the pocket in desired arrangement, the glass then placed over the filled pocket and the glass and pocket subsequently inserted together in the-frame as already described.

As portions of the I contents of cracker boxes and the like are sold the remainder frequently becomes much disarranged and view of the inside of the depleted containers loses consid erably in attractiveness. My present invention overcomes this by presenting to the eye of prospective purchasers a neat and fixed arrangement of the contents of the box which is independent of the amount takenaway'or of any careless handling of the contents during removal. It will be apparent also that the pocket and pane of glass may be readily removed to permit use of the display cover with boxes containing goods of various kinds and descriptions, and since it consists of few and simple parts can be economically constructed.

It will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore disclosed being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the I claim:

1. In a display box, in combination: a frame provided with recesses at opposite sides having opposed openings; a sheet of transparent material seated in said recesses; a display pocket at the inner side of the said sheet and having its edges seated in the said recesses; and yieldable means seated in one of said oppositely disposed recesses adapted to force both said sheet of transparent material and said pocket against the base of the other recess; whereby said sheet, and samples 'in the pocket, may be readily replaced and changed.

2. In a display box, in combination: a hinged cover comprising a frame provided with recesses at opposite sides having opposed openings; a sheet of transparent material seated in said recesses; a display pocket at the inner side of the said sheet and having its edges seated in the said recesses; and yieldable means seated in one of said oppositely disposed recesses adapted to force both said sheet of transparent material and said pocket against the base of the other recess; whereby said sheet, and samples in the pocket, may be readily replaced and changed.

Signed this 10th day of June, 1914, in the presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL BLOCK.

Witnesses:

S. PunTELL, CHARLES L. ODELL.

Commissioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. G. 

